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tweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time
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tweet by amtrak ben: i think we should build high speed rail next to freeways only because it would make drivers feel like complete losers all the time
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In California, any time I have seen an Amtrack train going the same direction as me on the freeway, I was passing it, never the other way around.
That would be because Amtrak is not a high-speed rail. They barely maintain their rails and so they have to go quite slowly.
Amtrak only owns tracks in the DC area. Everywhere else, the rails are all privatized
America’s rail is almost all low-speed or higher-speed (125-150 mph, but much lower average speeds)
For comparison, China has built ~20,000 miles of HSR, much of which goes up to 220, some lines averaging 200 mph.